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Vibrato Experiments with Bassoon Sounds by Means of the Digital Pulse Forming Synthesis and Analysis Framework

Authors: Oehler, Michael; Reuter, Christoph

AES Convention 123 · Paper 7250 · October 2007

Abstract

The perceived naturalness of real and synthesized bassoon vibrato sounds is investigated in a listening test. The stimuli were generated by means of a currently developed synthesis and analysis framework for wind instrument sounds, based on the pulse forming theory. The framework allows controlling amplitude and frequency parameters at many different stages during the sound production process. Applying an ANOVA and Tukey HSD test it could be shown that timbre modulation (a combined pulse width and cycle duration modulation) is an important factor for the perceived naturalness of bassoon vibrato sounds. Obtained results may be useful for sound synthesis as well as in the field of timbre research.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 123
AES Convention
123
Paper number
7250
Publication date
October 6, 2007
Session subject
Signal Processing Applied To Music
Affiliation
Institute for Music and Drama, Hanover, Germany; University of Cologne, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper